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Mar. 25, 2015 — There are nearly 10,000 melanoma deaths in the U.S. each year, and while treatment advances have been made, a majority of melanoma patients will die from their disease. Building on these advances, ... full story

Mar. 17, 2015 — Researchers have discovered one way in which melanoma becomes resistant to a particular form of targeted therapy, and understanding this phenomenon may lead to a new melanoma target or prompt new ... full story

Mar. 12, 2015 — Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that ability also is cause for concern in cancer treatment. A new study shows stem ... full story

Mar. 9, 2015 — Treating metastatic melanoma with a triple threat—including radiation therapy and two immunotherapies that target the CTLA4 and PD-1 pathways—could elicit an optimal response in more patients, ... full story

Mar. 4, 2015 — Melanoma in some adolescent and adult patients involves many of the same genetic alterations and would likely respond to the same therapy, researchers have found. "Until now the genetic basis of ... full story

Feb. 24, 2015 — A case-control study of close to 180,000 men suggests that the incidence of prostate cancer is higher among men with a history of testicular cancer (12.6 percent) than among those without a history ... full story

Feb. 24, 2015 — Powerful drugs known as BRAF-inhibitors have been crucial for melanoma patients, saving lives through their ability to turn off the BRAF protein’s power to spur cancer cell growth. Yet they often ... full story

Feb. 19, 2015 — Many therapeutic cancer vaccines that are currently being developed are designed to direct the immune system against altered cancer-cell proteins. However, these vaccines can only be effective if the ... full story

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Tumors Grown in Dishes Could Help Customize Cancer Treatment

Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Mar. 23, 2015) — Researchers are using laser light to probe tiny samples of tumors to gauge their metabolic activity when dosed with a variety of cancer drugs. Their goal is to pinpoint the most effective drugs for patients on an individual basis by growing and scanning pieces of their tumor in the lab before they begin chemo. Ben Gruber reports.
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Cutting Off the Blood Supply to Prostate Cancer

Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Feb. 18, 2015) — Scientists in the UK are developing a new treatment that could halt the growth of tumours in patients with prostate cancer by targeting a key molecule that influences how tumours form new blood vessels. Matthew Stock reports
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3D Printed 'phantom' Tumours to Help Battle Cancer

Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Feb. 9, 2015) — Scientists in London are using 3D printed replicas of tumours and organs, called &apos;phantoms&apos;, to show how drugs will pass through tumours and give them a better understanding of how that will be replicated in individual patients. Amy Pollock reports
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All Skin Cancer News

Mar. 25, 2015 — There are nearly 10,000 melanoma deaths in the U.S. each year, and while treatment advances have been made, a majority of melanoma patients will die from their disease. Building on these advances, ... full story

Mar. 17, 2015 — Researchers have discovered one way in which melanoma becomes resistant to a particular form of targeted therapy, and understanding this phenomenon may lead to a new melanoma target or prompt new ... full story

Mar. 12, 2015 — Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that ability also is cause for concern in cancer treatment. A new study shows ... full story

Mar. 9, 2015 — Treating metastatic melanoma with a triple threat—including radiation therapy and two immunotherapies that target the CTLA4 and PD-1 pathways—could elicit an optimal response in more patients, ... full story

Mar. 4, 2015 — Melanoma in some adolescent and adult patients involves many of the same genetic alterations and would likely respond to the same therapy, researchers have found. "Until now the genetic basis of ... full story

Feb. 24, 2015 — A case-control study of close to 180,000 men suggests that the incidence of prostate cancer is higher among men with a history of testicular cancer (12.6 percent) than among those without a history ... full story

Feb. 24, 2015 — Powerful drugs known as BRAF-inhibitors have been crucial for melanoma patients, saving lives through their ability to turn off the BRAF protein’s power to spur cancer cell growth. Yet they often ... full story

Feb. 19, 2015 — Many therapeutic cancer vaccines that are currently being developed are designed to direct the immune system against altered cancer-cell proteins. However, these vaccines can only be effective if the ... full story

Feb. 16, 2015 — The importance of RNA editing in melanoma has been demonstrated by scientists. The study revealed that a lack of RNA editing, a process by which information inside RNA molecules is transformed, leads ... full story

Feb. 12, 2015 — In what is believed to be the largest epigenetic analysis to date of cell-signaling molecules in early-stage melanoma, researchers have identified two tiny bits of non-coding genetic material in ... full story

Feb. 12, 2015 — Melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer, was to blame for approximately 9,700 deaths in 2014 in the United States. And with the number of melanoma cases increasing each year, it is believed ... full story

Feb. 12, 2015 — Surgeons rely on 200-year-old technology when removing cancer -- sight and touch -- to determine how much to remove and what to leave alone. Laser technology has the promise to help a surgeon better ... full story

Feb. 9, 2015 — A protein called YAP, which drives the growth of organs during development and regulates their size in adulthood, plays a key role in the emergence of resistance to targeted cancer therapies, ... full story

Jan. 30, 2015 — Using whole genomic sequencing, scientists have for the first time demonstrated the profound effect that chronic hepatitis infection and inflammation can have on the genetic mutations found in tumors ... full story

Jan. 22, 2015 — Melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancer strains, is often fatal for patients due to the pronounced formation of metastases. Until now, a melanoma's rampant growth was mainly attributed ... full story

Jan. 20, 2015 — Both epidemiological and pre-clinical studies have suggested that coffee consumption has a protective effect against non-melanoma skin cancers. However the protective effect for cutaneous melanoma ... full story

Jan. 15, 2015 — Researchers have uncovered how melanoma becomes resistant to a promising new drug combo therapy utilizing BRAF+MEK inhibitors in patients after an initial period of tumor ... full story

Jan. 13, 2015 — Children of melanoma survivors are not adhering optimally to sun protection recommendations, researchers have discovered in a groundbreaking new study. This is concerning as sunburns are a major risk ... full story

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